1,000 books sold for The Dynamic Great Lakes.The Dynamic Great Lakes has sold a lot of copies since it was released. I'm told the book was needed since there was no book on this topic for the general public. It is easily understood. Some publishers told me they would not do the book since ecology was too complicated. I never wanted to write a complicated book. There are plenty of those used by experts and understood only by experts in their field. I am a generalist. I wrote the book for everybody who would like to understand how the living things in the Great Lakes change in concert with the whole and flowing physical system. This includes the sand dunes I walked yesterday. I am still filled with wonder at the beautiful views of the lake from the top of the wooded dunes. And that brings me to my other book: The Wilderness Within.

When I arrived at Schuler's Books and Music in Okemos, I learned that a couple of copies of The Wilderness Within had sold already. After I read a few poems, the young woman in charge of the event said, "I don't usually like poetry, but I liked your poems." I felt this was high praise. I sold several more at this event and I believe the book sell well when people learn of it.

I met someone in my hometown who had purchased 4 copies and sent them to friends out of state. She said her friend read passages to her over the phone. They like my book.